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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

External quality assessments for microbiologic diagnosis of diphtheria in Europe.

Leonard Both, Shona Neal, Aruni De Zoysa, Ginder Mann, Ida Czumbel, Androulla Efstratiou, Members of the European Diphtheria Surveillance Network

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Leonard BothWHO Global Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria and Streptococcal Infections, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom.
Shona NealWHO Global Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria and Streptococcal Infections, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom.
Aruni De ZoysaWHO Global Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria and Streptococcal Infections, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom.
Ginder MannWHO Global Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria and Streptococcal Infections, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom.
Ida CzumbelEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Androulla EfstratiouWHO Global Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Diphtheria and Streptococcal Infections, Public Health England (PHE), London, United Kingdom androulla.efstratiou@phe.gov.uk.
Members of the European Diphtheria Surveillance Network

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The European Diphtheria Surveillance Network (EDSN) ensures the reliable epidemiological and microbiologic assessment of disease prevalence in the European Union. Here, we describe a survey of current diagnostic techniques for diphtheria surveillance conducted across the European Union and report the results from three external quality assessment (EQA) schemes performed between 2010 and 2014.

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Laboratory Proficiency TestingBacteriological TechniquesDiphtheriaEuropean UnionHumansQuality Assurance, Health Care

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PMID25297336
PMCPMC4313322

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